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1) Flying away

I bought a plane ticket last night. I’ll be attending the annual BlogHer conference that’s taking place next month in Chicago. The flight is nonstop and cost less than $200, which I thought was a pretty good deal. Even though I registered for the conference earlier this year and agreed to share a hotel room (with the same awesomely-cool lady as last year, Liz from Everyday Goddess), I put off making the final commitment of buying the plane ticket.

I’m not sure why I kept putting it off, since I always end up having a good time at the conference (this will be my third time going). But regardless, I’ve made the commitment to go again this year and I’m sure I’ll meet some super-cool ladies (like I always do) and have a super-fantastic time.

2) So, I see you again…

Last weekend I was at a restaurant in Alexandria and I saw a guy that I went on a date with last year. That may not seem strange, but it was the first time I’ve come across a guy that I’ve previously been on a date with (I just went out with him one time, mind you). It actually took me a few minutes to place his face. I was sitting with someone else in the bar area, and he was sitting with a woman about 15 feet away. I could tell he was staring at me, and he looked slightly familiar…I thought at first he might be a friend-of-a-friend. (Obviously he hadn’t made much of an impression on me.)

Last year, he and I went to the National Museum of American History, and then we stopped to get coffee at Borders on our way home. I didn’t have a great time at the museum and already had it in my mind that I wasn’t going to see him again. He clinched that thought when we took a loop around the store and he started picking up random sex-related books and calling my attention to them: “Hey, look at this.” It happened at least three times, no lie.

So I didn’t call him after that, and to his credit, he didn’t call me again, either. Such an interesting experience, this dating thing…

3) This weekend

I have a few social events on the calendar, but I also need to find time for some personal introspection — I’m not exactly sure how that’s going to play out yet, though. I keep thinking of that line from Beck’s song, Loser: “Things are gonna change, I can feel it.”

But how?